Plugins provide a blogger or blog-to-book author with the special features and automation a blog theme lacks. Plus, they improve the blogging process and make it more effective. Therefore, it’s essential for bloggers to understand plugins…and use them. This is especially true if you are blogging a book. So, today Jay Artale (@BirdsOAFpress) provides an […]
Essential Plugins and Widgets for Blogs and Blogged Books
A WordPress.org blog comes with the essentials. You might call these the basics—some widgets and plugins. To make your blog run smoothly and efficiently with less work on your part, add plugins. If you are blogging a book, also install specific plugins to help your visitors read the book. Plugins add features to your site […]
Creating Your Blog: Installing Analytics
Once you’ve got your blog set up, you can choose from all sorts of fancy and not-so-fancy “widgets” and “plugins.” They add tools and features to your blog, like search boxes, archives, search engine optimization features, and ways to “ping” your posts to social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, Stumble Upon, and such. You can […]